Mayor Paul Young’s “State of the City” address this past Tuesday is still echoing days later with both the goals set by Young but also the protest during the speech.

The protest was organized by MICAH – Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope in what began as a picket line outside the church before the speech. The picketers, who later filled the church, oppose Young’s approach to working with the Memphis Safe Task Force.

The day after, in a statement, the organization said the intent was “not to disrupt for disruption’s sake, but to call attention to urgent, unresolved issues that were not addressed from the podium.”

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